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hnse, aciculi and hairs few short equalling the many setse and 
much shorter than the prickles, 1. quinate-pedate, Its. coarsely 
and rather doubly and patently dentate green and pilose on both 
sides, term. It. oblong-obovate acuminate, pan. long leafy its 
branches long racemose ascending but the uppermost and ultra- 
axillary patent or divaricate its rachis wavy its prickles strong 
declining the uppermost slender, sep. lanceolate-attenuate loosely 
adpressed to the fruit. — S. G. 41. Lts. flat, but wavy at the edges, 
hairv but not felted beneath. Pet. pink. — Hedges and thickets. 
Sh. Vll. Mil. E. I. 
25. iZ. rosdceus (T\'eihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate KugxilfiT, prickles 
slender nearly equal decliiiing from a dUated compressed base a 
few shorter slightly exceeding the nearly equal aetctdi setee and 
hairs, 1. quinate-pedate or temate. Its. doubly dentate-serrate 
pilose above paler and pilose only on the veins beneath, term. It. 
obovate- or oblong-acuminate usually subcordate below, pan. 
subpyramidal truncate leafy below its branches racemose ascend- 
ing or the ultra-axillary patent corymbose or simple its rachis 
more or less wavy its prickles slender declining, sep. lanceolate- 
attenuate loosely adpressed to the fruit. — R. G. 86. Perhaps 
not distinct from R. Hystriv. Its more elegant pyramidal and 
abrupt panicle and the more unequal prickles less markedly 
separated from the aciculi are the chief diflerences. " Pet. pale 
piak."— Woods and hedges. Sh. \'n. Vm. E. I. 
26. R. pygvm'us (^'eihe) ; st. arcuate -prostrate subterete, 
prickles many slender unequal declining slightly dilated at their 
base, setje hau*s and very slender aciculi unequal many, 1. quinate- 
pedate or temate. Its. coarsely tinequaUy and doubly serrate pilose 
above paler and pilose only on the veins betieath, term. It. obovate- 
acimiinate, pan. long narrow leafy below its branches corjTnbose 
its rachis straight its prickles slender declining its aciciili setae 
and hairs many and unequal, sep. ovate-attemiate aciculate icith 
long setae felted loosely reflexed from the fruit. — R. G. 42. R. 
hirtits ^. Menkii Bab. — St. perhaps prostrate. Pan. rather long 
with distant short axillary brancnes, uppermost very short and 
often divaricate. Pet. white or pinkish. — Hedges. Tonbridge 
Wells and Watford. Sh. VB.. MIL E. 
27. R. scuhcr (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate subangiilar sub- 
snlcate, prickles strong short nearly equal declining or dejlexed 
fi-om a long compressed base, aciculi setae and hairs few verj' 
short, 1. .3 — 5-nate, Its. doubly dentate opaque and pilose above 
pale green pilose and often finely felted beneath, term. It. broadly 
obovate cuspidate or acuminate subcordate below, pan. sul>- 
ppamidal leafy felted tnmcate or bhmt at the end its axillarj- 
Dranches erect-patent racemose the ultra-axillaiy racemose- 
corymbose or simple its prickles short declining ordeflexed ftwm 
